The Ladies Road Guide To Utter Ruin

They’re back! If you haven’t encountered the ill-mannered ladies yet, you are unfashionably behind. With plenty of adventure, crime and action as well as a splash of romance, The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin is an absolute delight. 

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Sisters in Crime: Defying the Tyranny of Distance — A New WA Chapter Unites Women Crime Writers and Crime Readers

Sisters in Crime WA will debut at the Big Sky Readers and Writers Festival in Geraldton in October 2025. The festival has warmly welcomed the initiative, and the group is thrilled to be part of the event. You’ll catch the Sisters speaking on Saturday 25 October, 4-6 pm, at Batavia Brewery, 60 Fitzgerald Street, Geraldton. Free . You can also stay on a meal,

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Win a copy of Hot Ground

Fremantle Press is generously donating twenty copies of Hot Ground by Lisa Ellery for this month’s Crime Stack. Detective Jessy Parkin – sent to policing purgatory in the aftermath of a tainted investigation – is tasked with finding Max Cochrane, a veteran prospector who has vanished into thin air.

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A Shipwreck in Fiji

The wonderful Akal Singh is back! It’s Fiji, 1915, and the world is changing. Rumours of Germans on a neighbouring island, a murdered shopkeeper and the appearance of two Australian women sets the scene for a compelling cosy mystery.

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Eleanor Jones is Playing with Fire

A red hot read!
Eleanor Jones isn’t looking for trouble.
But someone is starting fires in Cooinda – and the first one looks like a murder. Eleanor is determined not to get involved, but when she receives a note warning her to ‘keep quiet’ she can’t help but work out who sent it.
Who had motive to murder Eleanor’s neighbour? Could it really be one of her classmates? And are the fires connected to the car thefts in town?

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Whisky Valley

From the intriguing Echo Lake, Rose McHugh, curious historian-turned-detective, returns to solve her next compelling mystery in the moody Southern Highlands.

A missing violinist. A rising flood. A race against time. Intrigue, music and danger collide in Whisky Valley. 

After nearly being murdered last year, Rose McHugh battles anxiety as she uses her investigative skills to find her son’s best friend, a famous violinist who is missing along with his priceless violin.

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The Hollow Girl

A stunning literary suspense novel.
A safe haven for lost girls? Or a breeding ground for revenge?
It’s 1973 and Detective Sergeant Eleanor Smith is finally assigned her first homicide case. A woman’s body has been discovered at Harrowford Hall, a home for unmarried mothers deep in the Victorian countryside.

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“Women’s crime writing has come of age”: Sisters in Crime’s 25th Davitt Awards winners announced

“Australian women’s crime writing has well and truly come of age,” says Ruth Wykes, the Judges’ Coordinator for Sisters in Crime’s 25th Davitt Awards for best women’s crime and mystery books, which were announced on Friday night [5/9] in Melbourne’s Angliss Restaurant. “The Davitt Awards have transformed the literary landscape over the past three decades. …

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The Unquiet Grave

The wonderful Dervla McTiernan takes us back to Ireland and reader-favourite Cormac Reilly in The Unquiet Grave. This is brilliantly plotted, fast-paced crime fiction with plenty of twists. 

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Stillwater

The debut Australian crime novel everyone’s talking about.
A gritty Melbourne crime thriller where old secrets collide with deadly new threats. A must-read.

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